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TULSA, OKLA. - Sophomore Esben
Hess-Olesen saw his strong run through the bracket at the ITA A-A Championships end Thursday. Hess-Olesen had advanced to the main draw of the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis
Association All-American Championships being held at the Michael D. Case Tennis
Center at the University of Tulsa but he was eliminated Thursday in the first round of the consolation draw.

Hess-Olesen,
a sophomore from Viby, Denmark, won his qualifying round singles match on
Wednesday, becoming one of 16 players from the qualifying phase to advance to
the main draw which begins on Thursday.
After beating TCU's Amau Dachs and Baylor's Marko Krickovic in the first
two rounds of the tournament, Hess-Olesen easily won over Memphis' Johnny
Grimal in the third round, 6-1, 6-2.

In
doubles, UNC freshman Brett Clark and senior William Parker almost made it
through to the main draw after winning three straight matches. The duo was eliminated in the qualifying
round of doubles, falling in a close match to Marko Krickovic and Robert
Verzaal of Baylor.

In
doubles Tuesday, freshman Brett Clark and senior William Parker combined to go
2-0 to advance to the third round of Qualifying Doubles on Wednesday. Hess-Olesen and Vick split their two doubles
matches, falling in the second round to the eighth-seeded team from Mississippi
State.